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#SheToo – Verbal Abuse Is Rampant At Building Sites

When LokMarg approached Nirmala, a 29-year-old construction worker in Jharkhand, and talked about the raging #MeToo movement, she was surprised to learn that even educated women face sexual harassment. “I believed such things (#MeToo) happen only to poor women workers like us. That’s why I want my daughter to get educated,” she said. Nirmala says the harassment faced by a construction worker is not always physical. They are routinely humiliated by lewd comments on their menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Read More »

#SheToo – Silent Victims of Harassment

As #MeToo wave grips the urban space in India, LokMarg brings you cases of sexual harassment where low-wage women workers are the target but their stories remain unheard. First in the series is Benu, 48, a housemaid: Read More »

‘I am a farmer, why treat me as terrorist?’

Prince Baliyan, an 18-year-old farmer from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, joined his family for a farmer’s rally which faced brutal police force at the Delhi border on Oct 2nd. Prince is angry for being treated as an outlaw: Read More »

High GDP Growth May Mean Nothing For Most Indians

Apex Court Has Upheld Constitutional Morality

India’s Delicate Balancing Act With Russia And US

A Cinematic Ode To Dr Abdus Salam

Bangladesh Bags A Fortune In Jute While India Lags

#SheToo: Girls Slashed Below Waist at Mela

For the third consecutive year in Bihar’s Jehanabad, women and girls in the 20-30 age group faced blade attacks - all below the waist - at the annual local fair this Dussehra. Left bleeding, they are under treatment at a hospital. Read More »

Railways not at fault: MoS Manoj Sinha

Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha on Saturday ruled out punitive action against the driver of the train that mowed down Dussehra revellers in Amritsar, and also advised people not to organise such events near the tracks. Read More »

#AmritsarTrainTragedy: CM Orders Probe

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on Saturday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the Amritsar train accident after visiting the injured and kin of those killed. The report has to be submitted in four weeks. Read More »

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buy gabapentin online cod Meet Nirmala, a construction worker from Jharkhand. Everyday #SheToo faces sexist taunts from contractor & his sidekicks. Her days become tougher when she is menstruating, with no privacy or access to toilets https://t.co/41Mrs3yluG via @LokMarg #MeTooIndia

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The lure of money drew Benu, 48, from rural Bengal to Delhi for work. In a matter of time, she discovered the megapolis was full of sexual predators. She was accosted by a widower who offered money for her ‘cooperation’ https://t.co/t6iDbUA7AP via @LokMarg #SheToo #MeTooIndia

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